Anything goes, what could be the possible changes in Arsenal's line - up from
the Everton game at the weekend?
Not exact matches
After the
weekend's
games saw Man City heavily beaten
at Everton and Man United held to a draw by Liverpool
at Old Trafford, Carragher feels that the current top four are the only teams capable of winning it.
Arsenal have a massive week ahead starting with today's FA Cup match
at home to Watford, followed by our trip to Barcelona in midweek, and then a massive
game away
at Everton in the League next
weekend.
But we should not write this
game off just yet as
Everton are still in poor form in the Premier League, only just managing to snatch a point off Leicester
at home last
weekend.
Playing them in the first leg as well as
at Everton would leave them knackered by the time we play the home leg, not to mention the Leicester
game on that
weekend.
Ahead of this
weekend's
game at Everton and the expected abuse to be directed Wayne Rooney's way, I've been thinking about the songs, chants and general abuse directed
at players by supporters of all clubs.
Now I think there is still reasons to be cheerful, I agree Man C & Chelski have spent & bought some good players, we all understand that 5 of those teams might be in the CL proper which is a huge distraction for those 4 - 5 teams.Chelsea will not be able to field the same 13 - 14 players all season, as for Man C they were very frail
at the back last season, add to that 2 flying wing backs and I'm not sure they will be any better this coming season.LFC will most probably have CL as well if they qualify and haven't exactly bought great players apart from Salah who could be a good aquasistion for them.Spuds have sold a good player & strengthened a rival & still not bought a single player yet, Man U have bought 2 good players & in Lukaku have a proven goal scorer in the PL but if they play the same dour way they did last season & with the added
games the CL brings will they perform week in week out in the league??? As for
Everton yes they have released a lot of players and also brought in a lot too to give better quality in the squad as they have Europa league the same as US the big difference is I think we will play squad players & youngsters maybe with a few senior players all the way up to the QF This tells me most of our rivals will pave the way for us to field pretty much the same side every
weekend in the PL thus giving us an advantage over all the other 5 teams playing in the CL & Europa, just remember the League has been won in the last 2 seasons by teams NOT in Europe YES we are this season but I think Wenger will put all his eggs in the League basket and field an under strength side in all comps hence focusing on the League until we are no longer in the race.
After bagging three goals in his first five
games for the club — including one against
Everton at the
weekend — he now looks set to follow in the footsteps of the rest of United's long line of famous number 7's.
The coverage of the
Everton v Arsenal
game at the
weekend is a good example.
They get a home
game against a Burnley side who finally managed to snap their long winless streak of form with success
at Turf Moor over
Everton last
weekend.
The Clarets collected a 2 - 1 home win over
Everton last
weekend and that finally snapped their winless streak which was
at eleven
games.
Arsenal take on
Everton at the
weekend, and it'll be good to get a hard
game out of the way.
Leicester will be hoping to snatch
at least a point off the title contenders, having rallied brilliantly (twice) against
Everton last
weekend to tie the
game 2 - 2, but will know that Chelsea will be on a whole other level compared to the Toffees.
Everton manager Roberto Martinez met with the press ahead of their
game against Tottenham on Sunday
at the
weekend and
Cardiff City stunned the rest of the Premier League last
weekend with an emphatic 3 - 2 win over big - spending Manchester City and they will host their second home
game in a row on Saturday
at 3.00 pm, as Roberto Martinez's
Everton make the trip to Wales.
The young defender helped
Everton reach this
weekend's Barclays Asia Trophy final after playing in Thursday's penalty shoot - out win against Stoke and he expressed his contentment
at the club following the
game.
Everton now face two
games in front of their own fans
at Goodison Park, with fellow strugglers West Ham the opponents on Wednesday before Premier League new - boys Huddersfield visit
at the
weekend.
The 35 - year - old sustained a minor calf problem during the second - half of the Gunners» 5 - 1 win over
Everton in the Premier League last
weekend, and this has potentially put him
at risk of missing out on his first top - flight
game of the campaign.
One win in their last eight league
games is all that
Everton have to show for themselves (D3 L4) and they were awful on the
weekend at Arsenal, their defence once again being all over the place.
Now
Everton have been present
at Porto's away
game against Benfica this
weekend, and their scouting intentions were made pretty clear by newspaper O Jogo.
Chelsea are next in action
at the
weekend in an FA Cup sixth - round tie against
Everton but whether Hazard will play a part remains an unknown, as he seemed to indicate to the substitutes bench that he wanted to come off tonight, much like he did in Jose Mourinho's last
game in charge back in December.
Despite their 2 - 0 defeat to
Everton at the
weekend, Hughton has led his side to three wins in their last five top flight
games, which included a landmark home victory over Arsenal.
Everton's slump continues with just the one win now in their last eight
games in the top flight and they were totally dominated by Southampton last
weekend at St Mary's in defeat.
Also don't get the comparison to the
Everton game a Sunday in October
at the start of the season to a bank holiday
weekend with the potential chance of finishing 6th.